Japanese

辿

たどる
Meaning: to follow; to trace; to pursue
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 辿る 辿らない
Polite 辿ります 辿りません
Past 辿った 辿らなかった
Polite + Past 辿りました 辿りませんでした
Te-form 辿って 辿らなくて
Potential 辿れる 辿れない
Passive 辿られる 辿られない
Causative 辿らせる 辿らせない
Causative + Passive 辿らされる 辿らされない
Imperative 辿れ 辿るな

Handwriting

辿
る

Example sentences

Relying on an old map, I traced the remains of the village.
古い記憶を辿って、子供の頃の家を探した。
Tracing old memories, I looked for my childhood home.
かつての名家も今や凋落の一途をたどっている
The once-famous family is now on a one-way path to ruin.
権力争いに敗れた彼は、遠い地方への貶謫という過酷な運命を辿った。
After losing the political struggle, he suffered the fate of demotion and exile to a distant province.
高官たちの腐敗とそれによる狐裘蒙戎によって、帝国は衰退の道を辿った。
The empire fell into decline due to the corruption of high officials and the resulting national chaos.
彼は会社の目的を達成した後に鳥尽弓蔵の運命を辿った
After achieving the company's goals, he met the fate of being discarded like a bow after all birds are shot.

Usage Notes

Used for following a path, searching for clues, or when a situation moves in a certain direction.

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